Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. Livestock farming has repeatedly come under the microscope in ...

For Scott Wolverton, the path to Nashville didn’t begin under bright stage lights or inside a recording studio. It started on a cattle farm in southeast Nebraska — where early mornings, livestock ...

Montana agriculture depends on a reliable workforce to remain productive, competitive, and sustainable. Yet, across our state, ranchers and farmers are facing an escalating labor shortage that ...

This 2026 Missouri Ruralist Master Farmer from Sheridan, Mo., spends time advocating for her way of life in order to protect it for the next generation.

Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a new study has found. The findings go against the conventional wisdom that industrialized farming reduces the risk of disease ...

On my family farm in Georgia, every season begins with the same basic question: will the numbers work? Like farmers across the country, my family looks at the cost of seed, fertilizer, feed, fuel, and ...

Barnyard antics served as a perfect setting for the annual Alachua County Youth Fair & Livestock Show, where young agriculture enthusiasts spent almost a week showing off their prize livestock, ...

For many young people showing livestock, the work doesn’t begin at the fairgrounds — it starts months earlier in the barn.

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. FRENCHMANS BAYOU, Ark. — Will ...

A series of policy changes and legal defeats have not stopped Minnesota deer farmers from continuing to pursue the profession they enjoy. But their days of farming are currently numbered.